ODI regularly hosts events series, which take an in-depth look at key development and humanitarian issues.
reform is once again on the agenda, stimulated by debates over the role of the UN in Iraq, but also by the focus on achieving the Millennium Development Goals. There are some high-profile political initiatives, including the Secretary General's High Level Panel, the Millennium Project and the Helsinki Process. What are these trying to achieve? Are they likely to be successful? What should be the UK position?
is a major window for change in the international aid architecture. This series of events aimed to provide a timely stocktake of where the aid system as a whole is headed.
A globe - focused on Europe
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is an important moment in the history of Europe's relations with developing countries. Over the next five years, an unprecedented number of decisions will be taken which bear on the relationship. This series of meetings looked at the future of European development cooperation.
lunch-time meeting series provided an opportunity for researchers, policy makers and intermediaries in the UK to discuss how and why evidence informs policy.
In this series we look at the general philosophy underlying the report of the Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, published in September last year, and then the specific application of it in the fields of agriculture and health.
This series looked at a number of issues regarding the role of business in development, to offer views on what policy instruments should domestic and foreign governments adopt to encourage a step-change in corporate performance.
meeting series covers three critical challenges to the politics of development today.
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Tree stump chopped down on the Playa de Champerico in Guatemala
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Perhaps more than any other sector, the forest sector has long struggled with - and thereby given life to - a range of issues relating to good governance. What lessons can we learn from the pioneering governance reforms in the forest sector and how can we apply them to promote wider gains in good governance and pro-poor change?
series consisted of two lunchtime meetings which responded to Gordon Brown's recent call for a doubling of aid.